I can't remember where I read the rule of thumb that says the first 20% of any YouTube video can be skipped, but it is true in the case of… Read the rest of the article: Kayaking down a drainage ditch

I don't remember how I found out about Munseys. It's a website with links to thousands of out-of-print books, with over 1,500 pulp era novels. There's a lot of good… Read the rest of the article: 1,661 pulp novels as free e-books

In 1986 two girls, Bel and Jade, achieved international infamy at age eleven for murdering a four-year-old girl. Twenty five years later, the now-grown up and rehabilitated women are back… Read the rest of the article: The Wicked Girls – a riveting and intelligent psychological thriller

Perfect weather brought a huge crowd to the Palazzo Congressi in Rome for the second day of Rome Maker Faire: The European Edition (here are the Day 1 highlights). I… Read the rest of the article: Maker Faire Rome: Highlights from Day 2

Charles Platt wrote a funny account of the time he drove a '68 Olds 442 convertible from NY to CA for a car delivery service and careened off a mountain… Read the rest of the article: Driving off the side of a mountain in Colorado

Greetings from rainy Roma, where I'm at Maker Faire: The European Edition for a 4-day celebration of innovation, education, and unbridled enthusiasm for creativity. Today I visited about 1/3 of… Read the rest of the article: Maker Faire Rome: Highlights from Day 1

Bongo is a nice-looking wireless speaker with a bamboo case. It's on Kickstarter. It reminds me just a little of Steve Lodefink's fantastic cocopunk guitar amplifier.

Steve Hoefer is one of my favorite makers (check out his other projects for MAKE here). He writes: "I built this mini blind minder to open and close [my window… Read the rest of the article: Make a temperature-sensing mini-blind controller

Kevin Kelly says: "A photo story on the deliberately chaotic warehouse system that Amazon uses. Products are not stored by categories, rather they are put in the next available shelf… Read the rest of the article: Amazon's deliberately chaotic warehouse system

It is a "a 6-foot-tall robot built entirely from bionic body parts and implantable synthetic organs – complete with a functioning circulatory system." It "contains more than a million sensors,… Read the rest of the article: Robot made from bionic body parts and implantable synthetic organs

Tom Fassbender, an active member of Boing Boing's G+ community, hiked the John Muir Trail solo last year. It's over 200 miles long, and he's been writing entertaining and informative… Read the rest of the article: Excellent blog about backpacking the John Muir Trail

Ben Marks of CollectorsWeekly says: As part of our modern obsession with artisan-everything, today's pickiest coffee drinkers insist upon a hand-brewed cup made right before their eyes. At the cornerstone… Read the rest of the article: Mr. Chemex: the eccentric inventor who reimagined the perfect cup of coffee

Feral House has a book coming out about the European singers from the the 1960s known as Yé-Yé Girls. The were typically young, cute, short on vocal chops, and manipulated… Read the rest of the article: Video teaser for upcoming book: Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop

Ben Marks of CollectorsWeekly says: Our associate editor, Lisa Hix, has just written a terrific piece about why Americans are so in love with guns. Turns out the Wild West… Read the rest of the article: Why some Americans love guns

Apps for Kids is sponsored by HuluPlus. HuluPlus lets you binge on thousands of hit shows – anytime, anywhere on your TV, PC, smart phone or tablet. Click here to… Read the rest of the article: Apps for Kids 46: Nimble Quest

Ben Marks of CollectorsWeekly says, The first time I met Rick Synchef, I was anxious to see his legendary stash of political ephemera and protest posters from the 1960s, which… Read the rest of the article: Extraordinary collection of counterculture literature up for auction

Lauren says: In one chart, "German graphic artist Dirk Loechel has assembled virtually every spaceship known (over 200) including vessels from video games including Halo, TV shows dating back to… Read the rest of the article: 200+ sci-fi spaceships in one mind-blowing size comparison chart

Your browser does not support the audio tag. This episode is brought to you by HostGator, offering premium web hosting at low costs, and 24x7x365 phone, chat and email support.… Read the rest of the article: Gweek 114: Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion

Weirdo was one of my favorite magazines of the 1980s. Started by Robert Crumb in 1981, it's where I learned about The Church of the SubGenius, Stanislav Szukalski, and lots… Read the rest of the article: The artists of Weirdo: where are they now?

Andre Levy, a designer in Frankfurt, likes to paint coins. It looks like fun!